Desmodium multiflorum DCFamily: Leguminosae
Synonyms: Desmodium angulatum DC., Desmodium dubium Lindl., Desmodium floribundum (D.Don) Sweet, Desmodium floribundum (D.Don) G.Don, Desmodium mairei Pamp., Desmodium nepalense H.Ohashi, Desmodium sambuense (D.Don) DC., Dollinera sambuensis (D.Don) Walp., Hedysarum floribundum D.Don, Hedysarum sambuense D.Don, Meibomia floribunda (D.Don) Kuntze, Ototropis sambuensis (D.Don) Nees
Chinese name: 多花山蚂蝗 , 黄豆, 红掌草, 饿蚂蝗, e ma huang
Nepal: bakhre ghans
Taiwanase: Qing Jiu Gang
Description: Erect shrub, branches grey silky. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 2.5-6.5 cm long, leaflets 7.5-10 cm long, c. 5 cm broad, ovate or obovate, rounded at both ends, mucronate, glabrescent above, densely appressed hairy below; stipules c. 7.5 mm long. Inflorescence axillary and terminal panicle, flowers solitary or in pairs. Bracts 6-7 mm long. Pedicel 5- 6 mm long. Calyx c. 4 mm long, pubescent, teeth as long as the tube. Corolla 7.5-10.0 mm long, lilac. Fruit 1.8-2.5 cm long, upper suture slightly or more indented, the lower deeply indented, articles 2.5-4.0 mm long, appressed pubescent.
Flowers and branches used for reducing fever by inducing sweat. Root powder with yogurt given for acidity.
5 Published articles of Desmodium multiflorum
